Billy Bitzer
Born: 1872-04-21 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1944-04-29
Known For: Camera
Biography
Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was a pioneering American cinematographer notable for his close association with D. W. Griffith. In 2003, a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild named him one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history. Bitzer, it is said, "developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future motion pictures." Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bitzer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2021
- The Méliès Mystery as Self (archive footage)
1934
- The Camera Speaks ... (Story)
1933
- Hotel Variety ... (Director of Photography)
1928
- The Battle of the Sexes ... (Director of Photography)
1925
- The Midnight Girl ... (Director of Photography)
1924
- America ... (Director of Photography)
1923
- The White Rose ... (Director of Photography)
1922
- Sure-Fire Flint ... (Director of Photography)
1921
- Orphans of the Storm ... (Director of Photography)
1920
- Way Down East ... (Director of Photography)
- The Love Flower ... (Director of Photography)
- The Idol Dancer ... (Director of Photography)
1919
- Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl ... (Director of Photography)
- The Fall of Babylon ... (Director of Photography)
- A Romance of Happy Valley ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girl Who Stayed at Home ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mother and the Law ... (Director of Photography)
- True Heart Susie ... (Director of Photography)
- Scarlet Days ... (Director of Photography)
- The Greatest Question ... (Director of Photography)
1918
- Hearts of the World ... (Director of Photography)
- The Greatest Thing in Life ... (Director of Photography)
- The Great Love ... (Director of Photography)
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages ... (Director of Photography)
1915
- The Birth of a Nation ... (Director of Photography)
1914
- Home, Sweet Home ... (Director of Photography)
- Judith of Bethulia ... (Director of Photography)
- The Avenging Conscience ... (Director of Photography)
- The Escape ... (Director of Photography)
- Brute Force ... (Cinematography)
1913
- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lady and the Mouse ... (Director of Photography)
- Two Men of the Desert ... (Director of Photography)
- Near To Earth ... (Camera Operator)
- An Indian's Loyalty ... (Director of Photography)
- Death's Marathon ... (Cinematography)
- The Mothering Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- Olaf—An Atom ... (Director of Photography)
- The Little Tease ... (Director of Photography)
- The Unwelcome Guest ... (Director of Photography)
- The Coming of Angelo ... (Cinematography)
- The Wanderer ... (Director of Photography)
- Broken Ways ... (Director of Photography)
1912
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley ... (Director of Photography)
- So Near, Yet So Far ... (Director of Photography)
- Lena and the Geese ... (Director of Photography)
- A Lodging for the Night ... (Director of Photography)
- The Massacre ... (Director of Photography)
- The New York Hat ... (Director of Photography)
- The Burglar’s Dilemma ... (Director of Photography)
- A Feud in the Kentucky Hills ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sands of Dee ... (Cinematography)
- The School Teacher and the Waif ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mender of Nets ... (Director of Photography)
- One Is Business, the Other Crime ... (Director of Photography)
- A String of Pearls ... (Director of Photography)
- A Beast at Bay ... (Director of Photography)
- The Female of the Species ... (Cinematography)
- An Unseen Enemy ... (Director of Photography)
- The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girl and Her Trust ... (Director of Photography)
- Friends ... (Director of Photography)
- My Baby ... (Director of Photography)
- The Painted Lady ... (Director of Photography)
- The Root of Evil ... (Director of Photography)
- For His Son ... (Cinematography)
- A Temporary Truce ... (Director of Photography)
- Iola's Promise ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sunbeam ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lesser Evil ... (Director of Photography)
- A Pueblo Legend ... (Cinematography)
1911
- Her Sacrifice ... (Cinematography)
- The Making of a Man ... (Director of Photography)
- Paradise Lost ... (Cinematography)
- When a Man Loves ... (Director of Photography)
- A Knight of the Road ... (Cinematography)
- The Blind Princess and the Poet ... (Cinematography)
- What Shall We Do with Our Old? ... (Cinematography)
- The Adventures of Billy ... (Cinematography)
- Enoch Arden: Part II ... (Director of Photography)
- The Italian Barber ... (Cinematography)
- The Rose of Kentucky ... (Director of Photography)
- The Miser's Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- Teaching Dad to Like Her ... (Director of Photography)
- Swords and Hearts ... (Director of Photography)
- His Trust Fulfilled ... (Director of Photography)
- The Squaw's Love ... (Cinematography)
- A Country Cupid ... (Cinematography)
- The Indian Brothers ... (Cinematography)
- The Spanish Gypsy ... (Cinematography)
- The Battle ... (Director of Photography)
- The Long Road ... (Director of Photography)
- The Revenue Man and His Girl ... (Cinematography)
- The Lonedale Operator ... (Director of Photography)
- Saved from Himself ... (Cinematography)
- The Last Drop of Water ... (Director of Photography)
- The Thief and the Girl ... (Cinematography)
- Heart Beats of Long Ago ... (Cinematography)
- Fate's Turning ... (Cinematography)
- Fighting Blood ... (Cinematography)
- The Trail of Books ... (Director of Photography)
- Enoch Arden ... (Director of Photography)
- The Voice of the Child ... (Director of Photography)
- The Unveiling ... (Cinematography)
- Madame Rex ... (Cinematography)
- The Two Paths ... (Cinematography)
- The Broken Cross ... (Cinematography)
- Fisher Folks ... (Director of Photography)
- Enoch Arden: Part I ... (Director of Photography)
- The Diamond Star ... (Cinematography)
- The New Dress ... (Cinematography)
- How She Triumphed ... (Cinematography)
- The Sorrowful Example ... (Cinematography)
- Bobby the Coward ... (Cinematography)
- His Trust ... (Director of Photography)
- Italian Blood ... (Director of Photography)
- The Primal Call ... (Director of Photography)
1910
- Love Among the Roses ... (Cinematography)
- Winning Back His Love ... (Cinematography)
- A Flash of Light ... (Director of Photography)
- A Child of the Ghetto ... (Cinematography)
- The Refuge ... (Cinematography)
- Ramona ... (Director of Photography)
- Muggsy's First Sweetheart ... (Cinematography)
- The Man ... (Cinematography)
- A Child's Impulse ... (Cinematography)
- What the Daisy Said ... (Director of Photography)
- In the Border States ... (Director of Photography)
- In Old California ... (Cinematography)
- Over Silent Paths ... (Cinematography)
- The Unchanging Sea ... (Director of Photography)
- Sunshine Sue ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sorrows of the Unfaithful ... (Cinematography)
- The Golden Supper ... (Cinematography)
- The Face at the Window ... (Cinematography)
- As It Is in Life ... (Cinematography)
- An Arcadian Maid ... (Cinematography)
- The Two Brothers ... (Cinematography)
- Wilful Peggy ... (Director of Photography)
- The Usurer ... (Director of Photography)
- The Modern Prodigal ... (Cinematography)
- The Newlyweds ... (Cinematography)
- The Honor of His Family ... (Director of Photography)
- The Oath and the Man ... (Cinematography)
- Her Terrible Ordeal ... (Cinematography)
- That Chink at Golden Gulch ... (Cinematography)
- Rose o' Salem Town ... (Director of Photography)
- The Duke’s Plan ... (Cinematography)
- The Fugitive ... (Director of Photography)
- His Last Burglary ... (Cinematography)
- The House with Closed Shutters ... (Director of Photography)
- The Iconoclast ... (Director of Photography)
- Faithful ... (Cinematography)
- The Cloister’s Touch ... (Cinematography)
- The Lesson ... (Director of Photography)
- The Converts ... (Cinematography)
- The Rocky Road ... (Cinematography)
- Waiter No. 5 ... (Director of Photography)
- The Call ... (Cinematography)
1909
- 1776, or The Hessian Renegades ... (Director of Photography)
- The Renunciation ... (Cinematography)
- To Save Her Soul ... (Director of Photography)
- The Violin Maker of Cremona ... (Cinematography)
- A Corner in Wheat ... (Director of Photography)
- What's Your Hurry? ... (Cinematography)
- The Light That Came ... (Cinematography)
- They Would Elope ... (Director of Photography)
- The Cricket on the Hearth ... (Cinematography)
- The Cord of Life ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lure of the Gown ... (Cinematography)
- The Way of Man ... (Director of Photography)
- A Drunkard's Reformation ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girls and Daddy ... (Cinematography)
- Lines of White on a Sullen Sea ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mountaineer's Honor ... (Director of Photography)
- The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals ... (Director of Photography)
- The Little Darling ... (Director of Photography)
- Leather Stocking ... (Cinematography)
- Pippa Passes ... (Cinematography)
- The Son's Return ... (Director of Photography)
- The Cardinal's Conspiracy ... (Cinematography)
- The Voice of the Violin ... (Cinematography)
- Mr. Jones Has a Card Party ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sealed Room ... (Director of Photography)
- Getting Even ... (Director of Photography)
- Two Memories ... (Director of Photography)
- The Necklace ... (Director of Photography)
- A Trap for Santa Claus ... (Director of Photography)
- Edgar Allen Poe ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lonely Villa ... (Director of Photography)
- At the Altar ... (Director of Photography)
- A Change of Heart ... (Cinematography)
- Lucky Jim
- The Broken Locket ... (Director of Photography)
- A Strange Meeting ... (Cinematography)
- The Fascinating Mrs. Francis ... (Director of Photography)
- The Redman's View ... (Director of Photography)
- The Indian Runner's Romance ... (Cinematography)
- Her First Biscuits ... (Cinematography)
- The Day After ... (Director of Photography)
- Those Awful Hats ... (Director of Photography)
- Resurrection ... (Cinematography)
- The Salvation Army Lass ... (Cinematography)
- The Honor of Thieves ... (Director of Photography)
- What Drink Did ... (Director of Photography)
- Confidence ... (Cinematography)
- The Mended Lute ... (Cinematography)
- Lady Helen's Escapade ... (Cinematography)
- Through the Breakers ... (Director of Photography)
- Tender Hearts ... (Cinematography)
- The Restoration ... (Cinematography)
- The Country Doctor ... (Director of Photography)
- Fools of Fate ... (Cinematography)
- The Gibson Goddess ... (Cinematography)
- Love Finds a Way ... (Director of Photography)
- Oh, Uncle! ... (Cinematography)
- The Peachbasket Hat ... (Cinematography)
- The Curtain Pole ... (Story)
- His Duty ... (Cinematography)
- The Faded Lilies ... (Cinematography)
- The Awakening ... (Cinematography)
- The Welcome Burglar ... (Director of Photography)
- The Suicide Club ... (Director of Photography)
- The Criminal Hypnotist ... (Director of Photography)
- In Old Kentucky ... (Cinematography)
- The Politician's Love Story ... (Cinematography)
- Sweet and Twenty ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sacrifice ... (Director of Photography)
- The Slave ... (Cinematography)
- Comata, the Sioux ... (Director of Photography)
- A Rural Elopement ... (Director of Photography)
- Nursing a Viper ... (Cinematography)
- Mr. Jones' Burglar ... (Cinematography)
- The Maniac Cook ... (Director of Photography)
1908
- The Taming of the Shrew ... (Director of Photography)
- Betrayed by a Handprint ... (Cinematography)
- Father Gets in the Game ... (Director of Photography)
- Mr. Jones at the Ball ... (Director of Photography)
- The Song of the Shirt ... (Cinematography)
- The Call of the Wild ... (Cinematography)
- Romance of a Jewess ... (Cinematography)
- Where the Breakers Roar ... (Cinematography)
- The Adventures of Dollie ... (Director)
- Over the Hills to the Poor House ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sculptor's Nightmare ... (Cinematography)
- King of the Cannibal Islands ... (Director of Photography)
- When Knights Were Bold ... (Director of Photography)
- The Zulu's Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- The Valet's Wife ... (Director of Photography)
- A Calamitous Elopement ... (Cinematography)
- A Smoked Husband ... (Cinematography)
- The Planter's Wife ... (Cinematography)
- The Feud and the Turkey ... (Cinematography)
- After Many Years ... (Cinematography)
- Her First Adventure ... (Cinematography)
- Mixed Babies ... (Cinematography)
- The Invisible Fluid ... (Director of Photography)
- The King's Messenger ... (Director of Photography)
- The Christmas Burglars ... (Director of Photography)
- Deceived Slumming Party ... (Cinematography)
- 'Ostler Joe ... (Cinematography)
- The Black Viper ... (Cinematography)
- Professional Jealousy ... (Cinematography)
- Money Mad ... (Director of Photography)
- A Famous Escape ... (Cinematography)
- Caught by Wireless ... (Cinematography)
- The Princess in the Vase ... (Cinematography)
- Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker ... (Cinematography)
- The Guerrilla ... (Cinematography)
- The Music Master ... (Director of Photography)
- Hulda's Lovers ... (Director of Photography)
- The Outlaw ... (Cinematography)
- Bobby's Kodak ... (Cinematography)
1907
- Jamestown Exposition ... (Camera Operator)
- Mr. Hurry-up ... (Director of Photography)
- Trial Marriages ... (Director of Photography)
- Fights of Nations ... (Director of Photography)
1906
- Married for Millions ... (Director of Photography)
- From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies ... (Director of Photography)
- The Impossible Convicts ... (Cinematography)
- Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium ... (Director of Photography)
- San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake ... (Director of Photography)
- Logging in Maine ... (Director)
- San Francisco Disaster ... (Cinematography)
1905
- Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room ... (Director of Photography)
- Duel Scene from Macbeth ... (Cinematography)
- 2 A.M. in the Subway ... (Cinematography)
- New York Subway ... (Director)
- Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son ... (Director of Photography)
- She Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All ... (Director of Photography)
- A Pipe Dream ... (Cinematography)
- Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston ... (Director of Photography)
- Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club ... (Director)
- Lifting the Lid ... (Cinematography)
- Spirit of '76 ... (Cinematography)
- The Broker's Athletic Typewriter ... (Cinematography)
- In the Swimming Pool, Palm Beach, Florida ... (Camera Operator)
- A Ballroom Tragedy ... (Director of Photography)
- Teasing ... (Cinematography)
- Latina, Contortionist ... (Director of Photography)
- A Kentucky Feud ... (Director of Photography)
- A Trip to Salt Lake City ... (Director of Photography)
- The Summer Boarders ... (Cinematography)
1904
- Personal ... (Director of Photography)
- Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room ... (Director of Photography)
- Automobiling Among the Clouds ... (Director of Photography)
- Westinghouse Works ... (Director of Photography)
- Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- Children in the Surf at Coney Island ... (Director)
- Assembling and Testing Turbines ... (Director)
- The Hero of Liao-Yang ... (Director of Photography)
- The Widow and the Only Man ... (Cinematography)
- Testing a Rotary ... (Director of Photography)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene) ... (Director)
- Casting a Guide Box ... (Director)
- Girls Taking Time Checks ... (Director of Photography)
- A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island ... (Director)
- The Battle of the Yalu ... (Cinematography)
- Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works ... (Director)
- Steam Hammer ... (Director)
- The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge ... (Cinematography)
- Girls Winding Armatures ... (Director)
- The Lost Child ... (Cinematography)
- The Chicken Thief ... (Director of Photography)
- Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- Alone ... (Director of Photography)
- The Coney Island Beach Patrol ... (Director)
- Coil Winding Section E ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene) ... (Director)
- Steam Whistle ... (Director)
- Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle ... (Director of Photography)
- Welding the Big Ring ... (Director)
- Coil Winding Machines ... (Director)
- Assembling a Generator ... (Director)
- The Baby and the Puppies ... (Cinematography)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. ... (Director)
- Tapping a Furnace ... (Director)
- Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup ... (Cinematography)
- The Swimming Class ... (Cinematography)
- Taping Coils ... (Director)
1903
- Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration ... (Director)
- The Dude and the Burglars ... (Director of Photography)
- The Fate of the Artist's Model ... (Director of Photography)
- The Boy In The Barrel ... (Camera Operator)
- The Haymarket ... (Director of Photography)
- A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out ... (Director of Photography)
- Strictly Fresh Eggs ... (Camera Operator)
- Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians ... (Director of Photography)
- Expert Bag Punching ... (Director)
- Happy Hooligan Interferes ... (Director of Photography)
- Murder Scene from "King of the Detectives" ... (Director of Photography)
- The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2 ... (Director of Photography)
- The Giddy Dancing Master ... (Director of Photography)
- Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout ... (Cinematography)
- Willie's Camera ... (Director of Photography)
- The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1 ... (Director of Photography)
- Betsy Ross Dance ... (Director of Photography)
- Orphans in the Surf ... (Director)
- N.Y. Fire Department Returning ... (Director)
- Weighing the Baby ... (Director of Photography)
- Hooligan in Jail ... (Director of Photography)
1902
- Baby in a Rage ... (Camera Operator)
1901
- President McKinley Inauguration ... (Director)
- The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) ... (Director of Photography)
1899
- Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
- Stealing a Dinner ... (Director of Photography)
- Across Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
1897
- At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
1896
- American Falls from Goat Island ... (Cinematography)
- McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio ... (Director of Photography)
- American Falls from Luna Island ... (Cinematography)
- Little Egypt ... (Camera Operator)
- Hard Wash ... (Cinematography)